Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Old Paddle Steamer
(Instrumental intro)A relic from a bygone ageThe Steamer’s work has pastPerhaps you heard the storiesAnd indeed you ever asked‘Great Grandpapa, rememberWhen as a child you mightHave seen in all her glory’“Aye! A most romantic sight To remote communitiesBack in those pioneer dayThe Padddleboat was the answerIn so very many waysThe river and her tributaryTo the…
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Colour Your Mind
On a mundane Monday Waking to a dull dayAll around are shades of grey And so through those pale greysThat consume the week daysI just work to collect my pay But not on my fun dayAnd never on SundayThe whole world out there Wonderful and gay And all it seems so boundless The beauty that…
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Never Been Told
(instrumental intro)I have In my heart locked awayA storyJust mine ‘till this dayIt’s never been toldHere, locked deep in my SoulIt’s part of my SoulThough never been toldA story aboutA boy who loved a girlYou might thinkYou’ve heard it beforeBut noNever been toldShared by myselfWhen I’m aloneAlways, always and always aloneAlone(Short instrumental interlude)Though it’s only…
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A World Apart
(Instrumental intro)Living in a world apartRight from the very startThat’s how it all begunPlaying carefree in the SunA playground that had no boundariesJust the sparkling seaFoaming on the shoreWho could ask for moreLiving life out of doorsGoverned by no foreign lawsNo reason at all we should departLeave our little world apartAnd then …They said we…
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Our World of Music
(Brief instrumental intro)With music ever playingThrough our time upon this EarthNo doubt we would have listened Most probably since birthAs Mothers they employ itWhile still within their keepTo sooth us in the cradleWith a lullaby to sleep. (Brief instrumental interlude)Background music playingAs we employ the time of dayHelping to relax usAt work or when at…
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No Place Like Home
(Instrumental intro)From those days of early childhood No matter where I roam So many exotic placesBut there’s no place like home On the other side, the grass is always greenerAnd lures us far and wide …. Far on the other side Distant lands to tempt us Distant lands and all those placesYou thought in which…
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Listen to My Song
Carefree, that is how I cameFor me, love was just a gameThat I always playedBut never, ever stayedAnd so, things turned out the sameAlways so many hearts betrayedNever lasting friendships madeThen, then you came alongHere in my arms, right where you belongAnd so, it was I broke my golden ruleFull of loving every night (Instrumental…
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Fast Forward
(Instrumental Intro)Always in a hurryOn some wild pretextThat’s us in a hurryAlways in a hurryTo some new eventWhy! … there’s no need to scurryUse all the time that’s lent.Pass quietly through the meadowsWhile on your courseThough the rolling heather, hills and gorseRiding in a carriage Behind a very handsome trotting horse.A handsome trotting horseIt’s true,…
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Where Have You Gone
Where have you gone Pretty Girl, Pretty GirlWhere have you goneNow you’ve been away so longJust taking a walk in the country airCountry air, Country airSkipping along without a careAll the whole day longBeware of that big bad world out thereBeware of what may be lurking almost any whereUnder that bush, behind that treeOr on…
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The Dugongs of MacArthur Bay
From the verdant coastal reaches Of that once, great southern land Emerged such wondrous creatures From Creation’s marvellous hand. Among the turtles and the dolphins In gentle grace and harmony Swam a curious relation Of the fabled ‘Manatee’. Inevitably, white men Ventured to that shore With no idea before them What fair Nature held in…
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